Texas Registered Dietitian License Renewal

Commission on dietetic registration.

Texas registered dietitian license renewal. North dakota board of dietetic practice licensed registered dietitian renewal form 2020 2021 can not be used beyond january 1st 2021. Texas academy members provide expert food and nutrition resources for texans. Licensing exam the examination accepted for licensure in texas is the registration examination for dietitians offered by the commission on dietetic registration.

1 the licensing exam and 2 the texas jurisprudence exam. Texas academy an affiliate of the academy of nutrition and dietetics is a not for profit professional organization of over 4 000 registered dietitians dietetic technicians and students in texas. Successful completion of a bachelor s or graduate degree from an acend accredited dietetics program completion of an accredited dietetic internship program passage of the examination for registered dietitian nutritionist and passage of the texas jurisprudence exam qualifies one to apply to become a texas licensed dietitian.

Renewing your texas license. Your license will not be renewed until all continuing education requirements have been completed. To be eligible to apply for a dietitian license you must first successfully complete two examinations.

The purpose of the board is to provide advice and recommendations to the department on technical matters relevant to the administration of this chapter. If you hold a dietitian registration from cdr you may skip to the application and fees section of this page. Texas state board of examiners of dietitians home page thank you for visiting the department of state health services dshs webpage.

A person whose license has expired may not use the title or represent or imply that he or she has the title of licensed dietitian or use the letters ld and may not use any facsimile of those titles in any manner a late renewal if available means the license holder will have an unlicensed period from the expiration date of the expired license to the issuance date of the. To renew a dietitian license you must complete a minimum of 12 hours of continuing education during each 2 year licensing period including successful completion of the texas jurisprudence examination. You must renew your texas license every 2 years and pay the 905 renewal fee.

Information on texas state licensure for dietitians is available. Pursuant to senate bill 202 regulatory authority over dietitians has been transferred to the texas department of licensing and regulation tdlr.